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Charlotte home and Democrat., 1887-04-29
Hon. George E. Badger.

Here are two good stories which they
used to tell upon him, or, rather, which be
told upon himself. He had keen sense
of the ridiculous, and enjoyed . good
story on himself as much as if on another.
He used to describe with great zest the
horror of Judge Cameron, the President
of the United States Bank, at finding,
when he called on him one day on his
way to the bank, that he had not had his
breakfast, though it was then half past
nine o'clock. The Judge, who was very
methodical in all his habits and all bis
life an early riser, read him such lecture
on the manifest injury he was doing him
self by bis late hours, that, when he left,
Mr. Badger declared he would visit with
his dire displeasure any person, be it wife,
child or servant, who ever again called
him to breakfast in the presence Of old
Judge Cameron. But as he did not re-
form, it was not long before the Judge
again dropped in on him before he had had
his breakfast. @ 81 e. s4Hasss ataTTTT
Mindful of his order, the servant for
bore to inform him when it was ready, and
one by one the members of the family
slipped out of the library into the dining
room, leaving him alone with his guest,
who, all unconscious that his host had not
broken his fast that day, sat placidiy
talking Finally he rose to go, saying
as he did SO, Remembering your late
hours, did not call on my way down to
with you till it is near my dinner-time."
None but those who have heard him
tell it can fully realize the humurous way
in which Mr. Badger used to narrate this
story. He would describe his sensations
when he would hear the faint rattle of
knives and forks, tell how he sat wonder
ing what they had for breakfast that
morning, and how spiteful he felt towards
Mrs Badger when, fresh from her hot roll
and cup of coffee, she came into the room,
and so he declared, he took a malicious
pleasure in charming the Judge into
lengthening his visit.
Shortly after this he was travelling IN
Nash county, and on being asked by the
old lady with whom he stopped for the
night whether he would like an early
breakfast, replied:
t'That, depends madam, on what you
call early. What is late for some people
is tolerably early to some others, and I
must confess am not one of the early
birds' F."
"Lord bless you, neither am To- replied
the old lady. 81 never could see the sense
of gittin' up so powerful early as some
folks do. I'll stand to it that after l git
at it can do as good days work by
gittin up at reasonable hour as any of
the early Ones" E9sF
81 have not doubt of it, madam. But
what do you call reasonable hour?"
| "Well, don't know exactly. You see
l amt no ways particular. II I can have
breakfast and get the things washed up
and the chairs set back and the floor
swept by sunrise or little after, | am sat-
| isfed. ~
"Madam," replied Mr. Badger, solemnly,
s'Pll take an early dinner with you to-
morrow before 1 start, and won't trouble
you to have me called for breakfast. I
| never eat any," .z sra5a=
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1887-04-29
Forestry and Cyclones.

The only means of which We can con-
ceive within human power for the preven.
ton, or at best the rendering less frequent
of cyclones, is in the covering of the coun-
try as much as possible with trees and
verdure. Let their be ascending moisture
instead of ascending currents OF heated
air. In the great timbered valleys OF the
Amazon cy clones are unknown, yet when
we look at the formation Of the land it is
probably one of the most monotonously lew
ell regions on the face of the earth. In the
vast area drained by the Amazon and it's
tributaries might be packed the whole
United States and not one of its bounda.
ries would anywhere be touched. Seen
from any of the eastern spires of the Andes
this whole region is a sea of verdure. The
boundless and unbroken forests give it the
appearance of an illimitable meadow.
From the grassy steppes of Venezuela to
the treeless pampas OF Buenos Ayres ex-
pands the sea of verdure. In it we mig bit
at any point draw a circle OF eleven hun
dred miles in diameter, within which all
would be an unbroken evergreen forest.
And so matted, corded and festooned with
vines are all the trees of this forest, and
such is the exuberance of the underground b
that "macheta" must be used with which
to hew away into the wall of vegetation
the moment the voyager on one OF these
puts his foot ashore from his canoe.
Such is the steaming moisture within
these great forests, that salt soon becomes
brine, the best refined sugar becomes
syrup, epson salts and many other kinds
of medicines deliquesce, and the best gun
powder becomes liquid in few days
even when enclosed in a canister.
Take away the forests and verdure and
leave this region vast desert plain, and
it would no doubt at once become very
playground of cYclones-Sah Lake zrib
2LI2e
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1887-04-29
Three Wrong GueSses.

Frederick Smith, who lived in Randolph
county, N. c., during the war of the Rev
olution, had difficult part to play. de
was Indifferent to the Kings claims, and
he cared little for the cause of the Colonies.
If the people wished to be patriots and
fight the British troops, Smith was will
ing, provided he was not disturbed in his
log cabin, which was filled with SOLVE
plants" in the form of little Smiths.
Smith, being quiet man, with little
shrewdness, and no convictions, was will
ing to side with those in whose company
he found himself, whether Wing or Tory.
But his plastic nature was the occasion of
several difficulties. Small parties of
Wings would assume the costume or
badges OF Tories, and go about the coun-
try. picking up reticent friends of King
George. One day party of Wings, dis
tinguished as Tories, came upon Smith.
Not knowing him, they asked the usual
question. "Whom are you for?"
Smith answered, 81 am for the King,
God bless himp'
"Are your" replied the leader; "then
we'll hang you'll" and in a minute or two
Smith was dangling from the limb of q
tree.
As they did not desire to push matters
too far, they soon cut him down and let
him 60, with the warning to change his
politics. Not long after, a party of Tories,
distinguished as Wings, ranging in the
neighborhood, asked him again, "Whom
are you for?"
"I'm for the Colonies and Independ-
erce!" exclaimed Smith.
"Haug the rebel up!" exclaimed the
leader.
Smith went up, hung as long as he could
without suffocating, was lowered to the
ground, and dismissed with the Injunction
to come out for King George, or he would
certainly hang until dead next time.
The months passed and the war was
almost finished, when Smith was suddenly
surprised by party of armed men.
"Whom, are you for?" shouted the
leader
Poor Smith was in a fix. He had an
swered that question twice before, and
each time the answer had choked him. A
happy thought struck him.
"I'm for the DEVIL" said he with I
| chuckle.
care you! Then the sooner we send
you to your master the betterw replied
the leader.
| A grapevine was put around Smith
neck; one end was thrown over the liml
of tree; dozen men pulled on that en'
and Smith went up. The party, save one
rode away, leaving Smith dancing in air.
That one, making an excuse, stayed be
hind and cut Smith down before he ha
expired.
lit is better always to tell the truth.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1887-04-29
Perfectly Lovely"

In a recent Journal of Education, Kate
Sanborn mentions some of the p' ere COM
mon expressions which mar the conversa-
tion of young people nowadays, and the
following is especially held up to ridicule:
First and last let me anathematize
"Perfectly lovely" Bah that is truly
nauseating. I venture to affirn that that
much abused phrase is used at least ten
times daily, by every school girl, every
college girl, every young lady in this
country. It is the stock phrase at Smith,
WELLESLEY and Vassar; in fact, conversa-
tion would drop and languish without it.
A young lady comes in to see me, and
she begins: 80 Miss Sanborn, how per-
fectly lovely your rooms are /! and isn't it
lovely to live in fiat! and you have an
elevator-how lovely! It's just horrid to
climb three flights as l had to yesterday,
although the bride called on was SO lovely
| didn't mind, you know. Her rooms
were fitted up so lovely with her we'd
ding presents, don't you see, and she had
on perfectly elegant reception dress
just too lovely for anything, doncher
know? l can't describe it, but it had
lots of jet on satin, and twas just lovely.
Her hair, you know. is just that exquisite
iovelY cnestnut shade, with ripple OF
gold, doncher know, and all that sort of
thing. You don't know how I enjoyed
your reception last week, the music was
so splendid! Aud that pretty woman
who whistled, wasn't she bewitchiug
just too lovely for anything! And the
men! you do get such nice men-good
looking, and such swells! Oh, ma and l
said when we got home that it was per-
fectly lovely!"
have heard that phrase applied to a
young pig, to sausage, to an opera, to
corpse! would like to start society
for it's suppression and extinction. If a
fine of one penny had to be paid every
time it was used, we could raise the mil
lion dollar monument to Gen. Grant, send
fifty thousand young women to Montana
put all the sewing women and superfuoui
women in easy circumstances, and send
out another Arctic expedition.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1887-04-29
MOrtgagee's Sale.

By virtue Of the power of sale contained in a
mortgage to me executed by Mary Lentie on the
goth day of February, 1886, and duly registered,
will sell for cash to the highest bidder, at the
Court House door in the city of Charlotte. on the
2nd day of May, 1887, a one half interest in two
city lots lying in the city of Charlotte and bound
ed as follows: Beginning at stake at the cor
ner of 7th and G Str eets, and runs 200 feet to a
stake on 7th Street; thence 1913 feet with Gallo
ways line, to Bigger's line; thence parallel with
7th Street to Street; thence with 9 Street 1913
feet to the beginning. containing little more
than two city lots in square So.
w. W. FLEMING,
April !, 1887 5w Mortgage
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1887-04-29
A Lightning-Rod Swindler.
A Word of Timely Warming.

Some six weeks or two months ago one,
Mr. s. ]. Bullock, lightning-rod pedlar
or agent, made his appearance in this
county, and since that time he has been
selling his rods right and left to our farm
ers. A hornets nest has recently devel-
oped around Mr. Bullock's ears. We doubt
if he has given satisfaction to a single per-
son in the county to whom he has sold q
rod. "For ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain" the lightning rod pedlar sis
peculiar" and Mr. Bullock, if all represent
tations are true, seems to be the sleekest
tongue Of the entire family OF pedlars
We have talked with several OF his victims
some of the best citizens of the county,
and they tell US he is utterly unscrupu-
lous and unreliable. His plan is TO make
his first canvass in district without hls
rods, and by any and ell kinds of verbal
promises and representation secures the
consent of the person to buy a rod. He
then has them to sign printed contract
in which is the following closely printed
clause: sit is expressly understood by
the signer of this order that he signs the
same upon his own Judgment, after due
deliberation by him, without any undue
influence having been used, or relying on
than written or printed on this order"
He first promises that the rods shall not
cost exceeding a certain price, usually
very low, with number of extras thrown
in; and agrees to give the purchaser
eighteen months in which to pay for it.
The printed contract authorizes him to put
up the rod at a cost of 471 cents per foot for
the rod, with points, balls, roosters, horses
compasses and arrows all to be paid for
extra. After securing the signature of
the person to this agreement or order. Mr.
Bullock is ''heeled." He then disappears
but returns another day aud puts up the
rod, aud his bill, of course, amounts to
about double what it should according to
his verbal promise. He has their agree
ment properly signed and delivered au-
thorizing him to do the work at certain
price and it is useless to "kick," so the
note is usually signed. His notes are
written for eight months instead of for
eighteen, according to promise. He
spells eight with an "e," thus "eighte," "
aud this be calls eighteen. And we notify
all persons who have given him their notes
that they may expect to be called upon
for payment at the end of eight instead of
at the end of eighteen months, as they
doubtless expected when signing them.
The number of our farmers who, in the
simplicity of their honesty, have been vic
timized by this man Bullock, would doubt
less surprise our readers. We have heard
Of at least twenty, and this is probably
not half. We put all others upon their
guard to be on the lookout for him and
give him wide berth.-Monroe Enquirer
THE above shows plainly that all the fools are
not yet dead. The idea of a grown white mar
signing such a note or obligation is humiiating
People who deal with pedlars of any sort should
have no sympathy
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1887-04-29
He Died at Night.

He died at night. Next day they came
To weep and praise him; sudden fame
Those suddenly warm comrades gave.
They called him pure, they called him
brave;
One praised his heart, and one his brain;
And said, You'd seek his like in vain
Gentle and strong and good: none saw
In all his character flaw.
At noon he wakened from his trance,
Mended-was well! They looked askanoe;
Took his hand coldly; loved him not,
Though they had wept him; quite forgot
His virtues, lent an easy ear ... ...
To slanderous tongues; professed fear
He was not what he seemed to be;
Gave to his hunger stones for bread;
And made him, living, wish him dead!
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1887-04-29
PURE, HARD AND BRILLIANT
Brazilian Axis Cut Pebbles.
-
For sale by Hales & Boyne, Charlotte.

They are natural stone, almost as herd as Q
diamond, take high polish, will not scratch, nor
will moiature collect on them in warm weather,
They Confer bFilliancy and a distinctness of
vision, with an amount OF case and comf0rt not
hitherto enjoyed by spectacle weareFs,
They neutrali4e and prevent the Irritating rays
of light from entering the eye.
They improve, strengthen and preserve the
sight. thereby resting the optic nerves fnl ip
very many cases preventing headache
On account of the purity of the material Of
which they are made, they cause no dizziness or
wavering of sight. Every pair warranted.
The common, inferior Spectacles. which are
sold and bought, regardless of their quality or
accuracy, are made from inferior material or im
perfect Lenses discarded from better grades,
they stimulate heat, irritate and fatigue the eye,
they retract the rays OF light unequally and fail
to correct all optical defects.
We wish to impress upon the public the i'm
portance of taking good care of their eyes. and
never neglect using glasses when the first symp-
toms of failing sight appear. Every genuine
PAIR is stamped with Trade Mark BP. The Peb;
hles are set in Gold, Silver, Celluloid. Steel,
Nickel, and Rubber Frames: For sale by
Jewellers and Opticians, Charlotte, N. G,
March 25, 1887.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1887-04-29
The Winged Scavengers If the South.

The so-called turkey-buzzard is not a
buzzard at all, but vulture By insist
ing upon this distinction the buzzard tribe
could improve its reputation for cleanli-
ness. 1t is against the law in almost
every Southern State to shoot a turkey
buzzard. There are two excellent reasons
for this prohibition; the buzzards are the
scavengers of the South, and there is no
telling what sort of pestilence dead
turkey. buzzard would bring on if any
body should kill one. The turkey-buz-
zard is knowing bird. He knows he is
not good to be eaten-though his know
ing this does not Imply that he has supe.
rior knowledge-and he is not shy of man.
kind. He hovers over the market-places
in the Southern cities, waiting for busi-
ness to close: and when the crowd of pur-
chasers has departed the buzzard descends
and feasts upon the odds and ends that
have fallen from the butchers and fish
mongers' knives. The scarcity of hash,
mince pie, and fish chowder in the South
ern States is something for which the buzz
zard should have credit. In Charleston
there is big public market down by the
water, and the buzzards always clean mp
after business hours. The wisdom of the
turkey-buZzard is known also by one of
| uto APCNiCuto AOA 6CseA1S 49, Va "OsAS
which is fatiguing in the Southern States.
He goes to the mouths of rivers, where
the conflicting forces of current and tide
| deposit on the banks considerable pro-
portion of the carrion and other unwhole-
some things that are borne toward the sea
on the rivers food, and there he accom-
modates his not very fastidious appetite
to the movement of the tides. All ami
mails that perish inland are found by the
buzzards. It is even said that focks of
these birds will hover for days and nights
for a horse or COW that is on it's last legs.
A Northerner was driven out of Southern
Georgia last winter by some one telling
him that the buzzards were beginning to
keep an eye on him. Last Summer the
sheriff Of q county in Florida disappeared
in the woods after having loaded mp big
revolver, and told his wife he was
going to shoot himself. Some little effort
was made to learn whether he had kept
his promise, but after day of searching
in the cypress swamps the searchers sat
down in the shade of their houses and
said they would wait three days, when
the buzzards would find him, and then
they would find the buzzards. The tur-
key-buzzard, despite his formidable look
is a harmless bird. Not only does he
never strike creature till it is down, but
: he hardly ever strikes it till it is dead
Georgia Correspondent OF Neao YORK. Suss
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1887-04-29
A BALLAD.

a BALLAD.
An Attorney was taking a turn,
In shabby habiliments drest;
His coat it was shockingly worn,
And tie rust had invested his vest.
His breeches had suffered breach,
His linen and worsted were worse;
He had scarce whole crown in his hat,
And not half a crown in his purse.
And thus as he wandered along, a
- A cheerless and comfortless elf, e. ash !.
He sought for relief in song, aEa
Or complainingly talked to himself:--
gu Unfortunate man that / ami
I've never a client but grief;
The case is, Pve no case at all,
And in brief, I've n'er had a brief! /
"I've waited and waited in vain,
Expecting an Opening to find,
Where an honest young lawyer might gain
Some reward for toll of his mind
'Tis not that Pm wanting in law,
Or lack an intelligent face, +
That others have cases to plead,
While have to plead for case.
80, how can modest young man
Fer hope for the smallest progression
The profession . already 80 iull
OF lawyers SO full of profession %
While thus he was strolling around,
His eyes accidentally fell
On very deep hole in the ground,
And he sighed to himself, at is we'll %
To curb his emotions, he sat
On the curbstone the space of a minute,
Then cried, "Here's an opening at last!"
And in less than a jiffy was in it!
Next morning twelve citizens came
CTwas the coroner bade them attend J
To the end that it might be determined
How the man had determined his end
"The man was lawyer, l hear"
Quoth the foreman who sat on the corse.
GA lawyer? Alas" said another,
"Undoubtedly died of remorse!"
A third said, "He knew the deceased,
An attorney well versed in the laws,
And as to the cause of his death,
Twas no doubt for the want of a cause.
The jury decided at length,
After solemnly weighing the matter,
That the lawyer was drowned, because
He could not keep his head above water
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1887-04-29
CitV Lots for Sale.

BY virtue of a Decree of the Superior Court of
Mecklenburg county, will sell at public auction,
to the highest bidder, at the Court House door,
in Charlotte, N g., on Monday, the I'd day of
May, 1887, all the following Lots of Land in the
city of Charlotte, viz:
1st piece, being the Store House of the late j.
F. Moody, 3Ox14S feet. Terms, $3.50 cash, bal.
auce in six months.
I'd piece being the new Dwelling House of
the late j. F. Moody, 99x132 feet, corner of 1st
and G streets. Terms, 5000 cash, balance in six
months.
Sd piece, being House and Lot corner of E
and I'd streets, 30x50 feet. Terms, one fourth
cash, balance in six months.
HUGH W. HARRIS,
April 8, 1887 4w Commissioner
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1887-04-29

Fall. 1886. Fall
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Ladies', Misses
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dress and business wear, large stock of sizes
styles and widths.
Specialties i'm Hats.
The "Boss Raw Edge" Soft Hats, the "Light
Weight" Silk Hats, most approved style.
Trunks and Valises, very superior line.
GOLD HEAD UMBRELLAS.
Leather Back Bound Slipper soles, Lambs
Bound Slipper Soles, Porpoise Laces, Alms
Polish, Fine Button Hooks, Stocking Heel Pro
tectors.
Be sure and give us o call. Mail orders have
our prompt attention.
PEGRAM 8 co.
Sept II. 1886,
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1887-04-29

LEARN A TRADE, GIRLs.--If I were
able, would change the public sentiment
SO radically that no girl should be well
educated, no matter what her accomplish
ments, until she had learned a trade, a
business or a profession There would
then be fewer fathers and brothers toiling
like galley slaves to support healthy aud
vigorous human beings in stagnating idle
ness-idle for no earthly reason save that
God has made them women.-Mrs. Lige--
more
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1887-04-29
lit is better always to tell the TRUTH

EXERCISING GOVERNMENT Bills
The omission Of q single comma in a rev.
enue bill once entailed upon the Govern
ment the loss Of many thousands of dol
lars. Another instance though not quite
80 serious, is furnished in the naval appro-
priation bill for the next fiscal year. In
it occurs the following item:
furniture for Government houses and
repairs to same"
OF course, houses are meant, but the ac-
counting officers do not know in what
way to get aronnd the "horses," the word
being written SO plainly that no effort oil
the imagination could transform it into
'houses."
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1887-04-29
SALE OF CITY LOTS.

By virtue of Decree of the Superior Court of
Mecklenburg county, will sell at public auc-
tion to the highest bidder, at the Court Hous=
door, in the city of Charlotte, on Monday the
23d day of May, 1887, two CITY LOTS known
and designated on the Map of said city as Lots
1905 and 1909, in Square 121, in Ward Q. Sale
for partition among Mrs Ann lvey and others,
tenants In common Terms made known on
day of sale.
D. G. MAXWELL,
April %, 1887. 5w Commissioner.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1887-04-29
SALE OF LAND.

By virtue of authority granted to me by D. M
Fesperman and wife, by Mortgage executed
January 18th, 1884, and registered in the Regis
ter's office in Book 81. page 163 will sell at The
Court House in Charlotte, on Monday, May 9th,
1887, at 12 M, the LAND described in said
Mortgage. containing 1121S Acres, in Malard
Greek Township. Terms cash
W. w. OVERMAN,
April ., 1887. 5w Mortgage.
Charlotte home and Democrat., 1887-04-29
RE-ADVERTISEDl
NOTICE.,
Sale of Desirable Residence

By virtue of Decree of the Superior Court
will sell on Monday, the and day of May, 1887,
at 12 NJ to the highest bidder at public auction,
at the Court House door in the city of Charlotte,
east corner of Sixth and A streets in said city,
adjoining residence of G. w. Alexander and 9TH
ers and known as the late residence of s. G..
Wolfe, deceased Said Real Estate is sold as
property of s. M. Wolfe and Ida M. Flagler, for
change of investment
Terms-One third of purchase money in cash;
balance in two bonds of equal amount payable
after one and two years respectively, with inter-
est at per cent. from day of sale, security of
bonds to be approved by Clerk of Court
T. S. KIRKPATRICK,
April 8, 1887. 4w Commissioner.